WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER
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1. An apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, the apparatus comprising:
- a first resonator structure configured for energy transfer with a second resonator structure, over a distance D larger than a characteristic size L1 of said first resonator structure and larger than a characteristic size L2 of said second resonator structure,wherein the energy transfer has a rate K and is mediated by evanescent-tail coupling of a resonant field of the first resonator structure and a resonant field of the second resonator structure, whereinsaid resonant field of the first resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
1, a resonance frequency-width Γ
1, and a resonance quality factor Q1=ω
1/2Γ
1 at least larger than 300, andsaid resonant field of the second resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
2, a resonance frequency-width Γ
2, and a resonance quality factor Q2=ω
2/2Γ
2 at least larger than 300,wherein the absolute value of the difference of said angular frequencies ω
1 and ω
2 is smaller than the broader of said resonant widths Γ
1 and Γ
2, and the quantity κ
/√
{square root over (Γ
1Γ
2)} is at least larger than 20.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure.
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73 Claims
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1. An apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, the apparatus comprising:
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a first resonator structure configured for energy transfer with a second resonator structure, over a distance D larger than a characteristic size L1 of said first resonator structure and larger than a characteristic size L2 of said second resonator structure, wherein the energy transfer has a rate K and is mediated by evanescent-tail coupling of a resonant field of the first resonator structure and a resonant field of the second resonator structure, wherein said resonant field of the first resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
1, a resonance frequency-width Γ
1, and a resonance quality factor Q1=ω
1/2Γ
1 at least larger than 300, andsaid resonant field of the second resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
2, a resonance frequency-width Γ
2, and a resonance quality factor Q2=ω
2/2Γ
2 at least larger than 300,wherein the absolute value of the difference of said angular frequencies ω
1 and ω
2 is smaller than the broader of said resonant widths Γ
1 and Γ
2, and the quantity κ
/√
{square root over (Γ
1Γ
2)} is at least larger than 20. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, the apparatus comprising:
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a first resonator structure configured for energy transfer with a second resonator structure, over a distance D larger than a characteristic thickness T1 of said first resonator structure and larger than a characteristic size L2 of said second resonator structure, wherein the energy transfer has a rate K and is mediated by evanescent-tail coupling of a resonant field of the first resonator structure and a resonant field of the second resonator structure, wherein said resonant field of the first resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
1, a resonance frequency-width Γ
1, and a resonance quality factor Q1=ω
1/2Γ
1 at least larger than 300, andsaid resonant field of the second resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
2, a resonance frequency-width Γ
2, and a resonance quality factor Q2=ω
2/2Γ
2 at least larger than 300,wherein the absolute value of the difference of said angular frequencies ω
1 and ω
2 is smaller than the broader of said resonant widths Γ
1 and Γ
2, and the quantity κ
/√
{square root over (Γ
1Γ
2)} is at least larger than 20. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A method for wireless energy transfer, the method comprising:
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providing a first resonator structure and transferring energy with a second resonator structure, over a distance D larger than a characteristic size L1 of said first resonator structure and larger than a characteristic size L2 of said second resonator structure, wherein the energy transfer has a rate κ and
is mediated by evanescent-tail coupling of a resonant field of the first resonator structure and a resonant field of the second resonator structure, whereinsaid resonant field of the first resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
1, a resonance frequency-width Γ
1, and a resonance quality factor Q1=ω
1/2Γ
1 at least larger than 300, andsaid resonant field of the second resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
2, a resonance frequency-width Γ
2, and a resonance quality factor Q2=ω
22/2Γ
2 at least larger than 300,wherein the absolute value of the difference of said angular frequencies ω
1 and ω
2 is smaller than the broader of said resonant widths Γ
1 and Γ
2, and the quantity κ
/√
{square root over (Γ
1Γ
2)} is at least larger than 20.
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73. A method for wireless energy transfer, the method comprising:
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providing a first resonator structure and transferring energy with a second resonator structure, over a distance D larger than a characteristic thickness T1 of said first resonator structure and larger than a characteristic size L2 of said second resonator structure, wherein the energy transfer has a rate κ and
is mediated by evanescent-tail coupling of a resonant field of the first resonator structure and a resonant field of the second resonator structure, whereinsaid resonant field of the first resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
1, a resonance frequency-width Γ
1, and a resonance quality factor Q1=ω
1/2Γ
1 at least larger than 300, andsaid resonant field of the second resonator structure has a resonance angular frequency ω
2, a resonance frequency-width Γ
2, and a resonance quality factor Q2=ω
2/2Γ
2 at least larger than 300,wherein the absolute value of the difference of said angular frequencies ω
1 and ω
2 is smaller than the broader of said resonant widths Γ
1 and Γ
2, and the quantity κ
/√
{square root over (Γ
1Γ
2)} is at least larger than 20.
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